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Jim McGahey

@jamesmcgahey.bsky.social

Dad, Granddad, Husband, Retired New Testament Prof, Philadelphia Sports Fanatic, Lover of Beethoven and the Blues.

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Why PragerU Doesn’t Belong in the White House When propaganda gets a presidential platform, historical truth pays the price.

Very important post.

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These people have no shame. Utterly reprehensible.

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one of the most obvious lies imaginable (that wasn’t reported as such by our political press corps)

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"Cutting drug prices by 1500%" means the drug company is now paying you $1400 to take a pill that they used to sell for $100.

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One of the greats. It was past time.

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#Eagles Great Eric Allen gets introduced at tonight's Pro Football Hall of Fame Game

Allen goes into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday

#FlyEaglesFly #PFHOF25

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Unbelievable. Or all too believable. These people are moral monsters.

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i know this is quaint of me but the white house renovation is crazy illegal and actually really emblematic of how trump sees the presidency as belonging to him

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πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

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Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report Trump orders firing of top government economist after release of large revisions to employment data

This should end any doubt whether we’ve entered some N Korea-style dictatorship where facts don’t exist. This is a truly sick person.

wapo.st/4lXPibh

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UPDATE: @SenatorHagerty and the Republicans just voted to let Trump take the Qatari jet with him when he leaves office.

Insane corruption. There is no bottom.

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As it currently stands, the main structure of the White House, excluding the East and West Wings is a mere 55,000 square feet.

www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/ho...

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Goodbye, Washington Post "A swirl of terrified excitement" for 18 years, 5 months and 16 days

Elegant resignation letter from @jonathancapehart.bsky.social.
Lots of departures, but his is one of the biggest blows to the Washington Post.

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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"To say that the president is making drastic policy changes to cure a problem that only exists in his imagination…that sounds like you’re shilling for Dems when it’s just reporting the flat truth."

Check out this exchange w/ @pkrugman.bsky.social on media failure:

newrepublic.com/article/1985...

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His Name Is Jesus. He’s a Carpenter. ICE Arrested Him. Seriously.

He fled persecution. He gave food to the needy. "He’s been faithfully appearing at ICE appointments for more than four years ... He was complying with everything he’s supposed to do. All of a sudden, he’s detained."

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on the ICE arrest of a carpenter named Jesus.

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Mural, Atlantic City, 15 July 2025

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Bove misled lawmakers about his actions in NYC mayor case, evidence suggests The details from a whistleblower complaint emerged hours before a final vote on Bove’s nomination to a federal judgeship.

NEW: We now know what Bove lied to Congress about according to the 3rd whistleblower. He lied when he said he didn’t offer promotions for DoJ lawyers who helped him dismiss the Eric Adams case and consequences for those who didn’t. There is audio evidence. Gift link: wapo.st/4fdVVmX

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Trump says Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre, a heartless and revealing admission | Opinion Without a hint of empathy, Donald Trump said his former close friend Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' a teenage Mar-a-Lago spa worker named Virginia Giuffre.

There's so much that's so wrong about Trump's "he stole her" comments on the late Virginia Giuffre. A great columnist pounces on this. @rexhuppke.bsky.social is a great columnist www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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1/ Important:

"Epstein was actually still on the Mar-a-Lago membership logs up to 2007. ... That of course is a year after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in Florida."

So Trump didn't kick him out for many years after knowing Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from MAL in 2000.

🧡

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Trump says Epstein was never a Mar-a-Lago member. He was. New book tells what got him exiled President Trump publicly disavowed Jeffrey Epstein a day after the financier’s arrest on July 11, 2019, and has also claimed β€” falsely β€” that Epstein was never a Mar-a-Lago member. A new book describe...

2/ Here's the Miami Herald piece that Barry Levine referenced:

"A footnote in the book says the authors were shown the club’s registry from more than a decade earlier and that Epstein in fact had been a member until October 2007."

www.miamiherald.com/news/state/f...

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Trump's EPA targets basis of all US greenhouse gas rules The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the legal foundation for all U.S. greenhouse gas regulations.

Stupidity kills.

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Atlantic City, 15 July 2025

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Trump’s lawless henchmen behave aa if they have immunity. They don’t. And I relish the day when they learn that their arrogant destruction has consequences.

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I Coulda Made a Better Deal What, exactly, did Trump get from Europe?

"You won’t get anywhere in understanding the trade war if you insist on believing that Trump’s tariffs are a response to any legitimate grievances. And he failed to gain any significant concessions, mainly because Europe was already behaving well and had nothing to concede."

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Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

The faculty at George Mason issued a statement supporting the president of the university, so the Justice Department is now investigating the faculty.

This is "You have committed thoughtcrime and will be punished" stuff.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

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Two prominent Israeli human rights organizations released reports Monday that concluded their government’s actions in the Gaza Strip amounted to genocide

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A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
In 1994, I took a lot of heat for this speech warning that the American middle class was in danger. That was 29 years ag A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich

over 30 years ago, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.

I took a lot of heat for this speech. https://youtu.be/Bnd0eSuxu84?feature=shared

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